"Baxter Black, Cowboy Poet and former large animal veterinarian..."

[vakkotaur]

When I had longer drives to and from work, I'd occasionally hear on the radio a bit of cowboy poetry, or at least an odd story, written and read by Baxter Black. They were often funny and were seldom dull. Baxter Black has a regular or near regular column in American Western Magazine. The columns of Lee Pitts and Gwen Petersen are pretty good, too. The columns are often humorous, occasionally serious, and like the bits on the radio, seldom if ever uninteresting.

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[altivo.livejournal.com]

Black is a long time favorite of ours. He also writes a regular column for Western Horseman and probably several other publications. He is a licensed veterinarian, as well as a cattle rancher and horseman. I believe he has appeared on Prairie Home Companion at least once, and as you've noted, is a regular "correspondent" of NPR.

My favorite of his cowboy poetry is one called "The Vegetarian's Nightmare" in which he plants a garden and later decides to make a salad. All the vegetables screech, moan, and wince away from him as he harvests and slices them up.